Tears for sale, directed and produced by Wong Mai Yun
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Tears for sale, directed and produced by Wong Mai Yun
Language
eng
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videorecording
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Tears for sale
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electronic resource
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877880327
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Recorded in Taiwan, China and India
Responsibility statement
directed and produced by Wong Mai Yun
Runtime
50
Series statement
Ethnographic video online, volume 2
Summary
Tears of mourning ... it’s an act of filial piety, a tribute to the dead of how much he or she is being missed with their passing. The more tears that are shed at the funeral, the better. So enter a unique group of people, the professional mourners whose tears are for sale. Shot in China, Taiwan and India, this documentary enters the lives of these professional mourners as they try to keep the tradition alive and their arduous journey walking down the valley of death
Target audience
general
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